You put on a bold brave face and you state that you're not afraid
But someone has to be scared to say what it is you say
You claim what we've done to you and reveal you have no clue
The suffering we endure for your unchallenged untruth
And you may wish we'd just disappear
But we're not cause it took long enough just for us to get here
As your decrees are exchanged for loud and angry shouts
We both know that your way's on the way out
Used to things matching your plan
Playing leader of the band
Convinced you're the chosen clan
For some holy higher hand
As you crush us underfoot
Blind to everything you took
Justifying with vague books
So you do not have to look
Past the surface of what you stole from me
So you can ignore that it's thievery
As your decrees are exchanged for loud and angry shouts
We both know that your way's on the way out
And though your fear may manifest itself as doubt
Deep down we know your way's on the way out.
Write to the press, call us names
State we're lesser cause we're not the same
What worked for you long ago
You think will still work today
You go out on the attack
Say that you'll take this nation back
Show you fail to understand
This nation's not yours to have
Call the truth revisionist history
But your truth; it leaves you blind to what I see.
As your decrees are exchanged for loud and angry shouts
We both know that your way's on the way out
And though your fear may manifest itself as doubt
Deep down we know you're on the way out.
Chicago singer/multi-instrumentalist Ellie Kim explores funk, R&B, pop, and jazz on this stirring LP, a love letter to the LGBTQ community. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 31, 2019